Polymetrics?

[Armbar]

I know what makes an exercise polymetric, and have researched its benefits, but I can't seem to find any decent exercises to increase punching power and movement speed. Does anybody have a few that can be done with either bodyweight or weights in a limited amount of space (I live in a small apartment)?

[AnonymousOne]

You can do medicine ball exercises.

You can do plyometric pushups.. that is the ones where you thrust yourself off the ground during the exercise and land back down again.

Ross Enamait has written extensively on this ... see:

https://www.rossboxing.com

[Goju_boi]

i've been reading "Black Belt magazine" and lately they have been talking about this a lot, they say u can use cables and do your kicks and punches with them.If u want a better explanation go pick it up.

[Armbar]

AnonymousOne:

Wow.... Thanks for the link.... I’ve got my reading cutout for my for a few days.

Goju_boi:

The problem with the resistance cords are they generally require a second person. this doesn't work for my situation. Thanks for the suggestion though.

[Goju_boi]

AnonymousOne:

Wow.... Thanks for the link.... I’ve got my reading cutout for my for a few days.

Goju_boi:

The problem with the resistance cords are they generally require a second person. this doesn't work for my situation. Thanks for the suggestion though.

your welcome,but yeah that is more of a 2 persont activity.Anyways I've tought about wrapping it around a door handle in the house to do it i dont know if thats a good idea though

[Aodhan]

The other thing you can do is at a gym that has a Smith machine (Barbell on slides), set the safety stops a few inches above your chest. Put a medium weight on the bar, press and throw, and catch it on the way back down.

Aodhan

[Mith]

we have used called "Power Pops." An old Marine showed us this one in the gym one day.

It's basically bench pressing standing up but man oh man do your arms and shoulders get blasted.

[Kicks]

Let me give you a warning about resistance cords (bungee cords). I was training with them at a gym back in 2001. They had Velcro straps on each end so I could wrap one end to my ankle and the other end to a bar on the wall and do my exercises. I would do slow kicks; roundhouse, front kicks, side kicks, and back kicks (that was tricky). I would also do them fast. I ended up pulling, tearing, and really messing up my right hip flexor. The pain was awful. It was constant. I could hardly drive because it hurt to work the peddles. Even putting on my sock and shoes was painful. I had to go get physical therapy to relieve the constant pain, but it still aggravates me when I do a heavy workout. I don't think it'll ever go away.

So be careful when using those things, or better yet...don't use them!